IU Cyberinfrastructure Overview, Cyberinfrastructure and Service Center Indiana University Pervasive Technology Institute Science Storage Computation Analysis/ Bio/Health Visualization Campus Education/ Grant CyberDH April 13, 2015 Trustees Indiana University 2015
Overview (RT) - Changing the way IU uses Cyberinfrastructure RT Service Areas - From Analysis to Visualization and everything in between Services in support of cyber risk mitigation & HIPAA-aligned services Positions (function and funding) Analysis and software delivery and support Visualization facilities and services April 13, 2015 Science Storage Computation Analysis/ Bio/Health Visualization Campus Education/ Grant CyberDH 2
What is Cyberinfrastructure (CI)? Cyberinfrastructure as a technological and sociological solution to the problem of efficiently connecting laboratories, data, computers, and people with the goal of enabling and enhancing research and creative activity Consists of environments that support advanced data acquisition, storage, management, integration, analytics, visualization and other computing and information processing services distributed over the network within a single institution (local CI) or beyond (global CI) April 13, 2015 Science Storage Computation Analysis/ Bio/Health Visualization Campus Education/ Grant CyberDH 3
IU s Research Cyberinfrastructure Provided by (RT) http://researchtech.iu.edu Dedicated to supporting research & creative activity, from art to science and everything in between Strives to support research, publications, grant support with a focus on your success April 13, 2015 Science Storage Computation Analysis/ Bio/Health Visualization Campus Education/ Grant CyberDH 4
Margaret Dolinsky, Associate Professor and Research Scientist H.R. Hope School of Fine Arts, Indiana University Bloomington April 13, 2015 Science Storage Computation Analysis/ Bio/Health Visualization Campus Education/ Grant CyberDH 5
RT Services Campus Bridging: connecting local and (inter)national cyberinfrastructure Powerful resources as easy to use as your computer s peripheral devices Examples include: IUPUI researchers who are using DC-WAN II to transfer data that s local to their laboratory to the HPC systems at IUB Research Database Complex Web Services GitHub Enterprise Open Source Mirror Red Hat Enterprise Linux April 13, 2015 Science Storage Computation Analysis/ Bio/Health Visualization Campus Education/ Grant CyberDH 6
(Inter)National Cyberinfrastructure *National Science Foundation, A Special Report. http://www.nsf.gov/news/special_reports/cyber/. Accessed March 31, 2014. April 13, 2015 Science Storage Computation Analysis/ Bio/Health Visualization Campus Education/ Grant CyberDH 7
RT Services Science Gateways Web interfaces to supercomputers, massive storage, and shared workflows RT works to simplify the usage experience of computational resources for users through nationally funded grid projects. The Science Gateways Group does this in particular by implementing open source software to support science gateway projects. April 13, 2015 Science Gateways Storage Computation Analysis/ Bio/Health Visualization Campus Software Bridging Education/ Outreach Grant Support CyberDH 8
RT Services Science Gateways IU Cyberinfrastructure Gateway the one stop shopping portal for all IU central cyberinfrastructure as well as external resources such as Penguin on Demand, Amazon Web Services, and Microsoft Azure. URL available at http://researchtech.iu.edu and in RT printed overview brochure April 13, 2015 Science Storage Computation Analysis/ Bio/Health Visualization Campus Education/ Grant CyberDH 9
RT Services Computation Fast calculations, advanced simulations, and big data analysis Big Red II IU s main system for highperformance parallel computing Owned solely by IU 1 petaflops CPUs/GPUs 3.5 PB of scratch Available through itaccounts.iu.edu Support/consulting available Tours available April 13, 2015 Science Storage Computation Analysis/ Bio/Health Visualization Campus Education/ Grant CyberDH 10
Over 150 disciplines at IU use supercomputing April 13, 2015 Science Storage Computation Analysis/ Bio/Health Visualization Campus Education/ Grant CyberDH 11
RT Services Computation Fast calculations, advanced simulations, and big data analysis Karst IU s primary Linux cluster computing environment For research and research instruction use Serves as condominium cluster Runs Red Hat Enterprise Linux Accounts available via the Account Management Service (AMS) April 13, 2015 Science Storage Computation Analysis/ Bio/Health Visualization Campus Education/ Grant CyberDH 12
RT Services Computation Fast calculations, advanced simulations, and big data analysis Mason large memory computer cluster Supports data-intensive, high-performance computing tasks Specifically for genome researchers Uses include genome assembly software, large-scale phylogenetic software, and other genome applications April 13, 2015 Science Storage Computation Analysis/ Bio/Health Visualization Campus Education/ Grant CyberDH 13
RT Services Computation Fast calculations, advanced simulations, and big data analysis Research Database Complex research databases and data applications Supports oracle and MySQL Databases Strictly devoted to research Runs Red Hat Enterprise Linux Examples of research projects currently supported Collaborative Initiative on Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders Indiana Spatial Data Service National Gene Vector Biorepository April 13, 2015 Science Storage Computation Analysis/ Bio/Health Visualization Campus Education/ Grant CyberDH 14
RT Services Computation in 2014 April 13, 2015 Science Storage Computation Analysis/ Bio/Health Visualization Campus Education/ Grant CyberDH 15
RT Services Analysis and software delivery and support Tools for analytics and big data research Software and application consulting long term and short term Technical support Software packages like GIS and remote sensing software Purchase software Software licensing Benchmark and evaluate HPC systems Tutorials/Documentation Public software availability Application tuning April 13, 2015 Science Storage Computation Analysis/ Bio/Health Visualization Campus Education/ Grant CyberDH 16
RT Services Data Storage High-quality storage services for fast access or large data sets Research File System (RFS) Centralized disk storage designed to support researchers Backed up regularly 2 copies (IUB and IUPUI) Open to IU community undergrads/non-iu must have sponsor 100 GB of disk storage Can utilize project areas in file system HIPAA-aligned (does not encrypt stored data individual users responsible) April 13, 2015 Science Storage Computation Analysis/ Bio/Health Visualization Campus Education/ Grant CyberDH 17
RT Services Data Storage High-quality storage services for fast access or large data sets Scholarly Data Archive (SDA) Distributed tape storage for large-scale archival/near-line storage Mirrored 2 copies (IUB and IUPUI) Open to IU community undergrads/non-iu must have sponsor 42 PB of tape storage Supports SFTP, HSI, HPSS API HIPAA-aligned (does not encrypt stored data individual users responsible) April 13, 2015 Science Storage Computation Analysis/ Bio/Health Visualization Campus Education/ Grant CyberDH 18
RT Services Visualization facilities and services Understanding advanced simulations and big data Project consultation Test and demonstrate new technologies and procedures Tours of IU visualization facilities Facility reservations Vis & Collaboration Theater Virtual Reality Theater Science on a Sphere IQ-Series - Wall/Tilt/Table Digitization & 3D Advanced Media Capture Haptic Interface Systems April 13, 2015 Science Storage Computation Analysis/ Bio/Health Visualization Campus Education/ Grant CyberDH 19
RT Services Visualization facilities and services Examples: Digital Golden Book 3D scanning, analysis, Generating Interest in and printing STEM using 3D April 13, 2015 Science Storage Computation Analysis/ Bio/Health Visualization Campus Education/ Grant CyberDH 20
RT Services Services for biomedical, biological, and health-related research Clinical, genomic, and HIPAA-aligned services Examples include: The Advanced Biomedical IT Core (ABITC) Open Science Grid, Grid Operations Center Indiana CTSI HUB INResearch I2iConnect April 13, 2015 Science Storage Computation Analysis/ Bio/Health Visualization Campus Education/ Grant CyberDH 21
RT Services Services for biomedical, biological, and health-related research The Advanced Biomedical IT Core (ABITC) REDCAP - a HIPAA aligned service to enable Research Electronic Data Capture by allowing research staff to design and deploy research study forms quickly and easily. REDCap may also be used to conduct electronic surveys for research. Alfresco Share retiring currently moving users to BOX. http://box.iu.edu April 13, 2015 Science Storage Computation Analysis/ Bio/Health Visualization Campus Education/ Grant CyberDH 22
RT Services Services for biomedical, biological, and health-related research National Center for Genome Analysis Support Consulting for biologists undertaking genome analysis and genomic researchers Genome analysis software Optimization Hardening Enhancement Data storage Results archiving Delivery and assistance in use of supercomputer clusters Funded by the National Science Foundation April 13, 2015 Science Storage Computation Analysis/ Bio/Health Visualization Campus Education/ Grant CyberDH 23
RT Services Digital Humanities Provides support to all service areas with an emphasis on digital humanities. Recently added brand new service! April 13, 2015 Science Storage Computation Analysis/ Bio/Health Visualization Campus Education/ Grant CyberDH 24
RT Services Education and Outreach Can help you figure out which RT services might benefit your research and will help with planning events regarding IU Cyberinfrastructure In-person classes and workshops InfoShares tailored to your campus, department, class Tours of facilities like the Data Center or Science on a Sphere On-line tutorials and workshops Represent IU at conferences and within HPC organizations April 13, 2015 Science Storage Computation Analysis/ Bio/Health Visualization Campus Education/ Grant CyberDH 25
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RT Services Grant support and custom fee-based services Helps with proposals that require cyberinfrastructure. Application development and custom programming for a fee. Data Management Plans Facilities Statements Letters of Support Application Development Custom programming April 13, 2015 Science Storage Computation Analysis/ Bio/Health Visualization Campus Education/ Grant CyberDH 27
The Grant/Data Life Cycle Pre-Grant Preliminary Investigation Cyberinfrastructure Design Proposal Proposal Prep Budget Funding Renewal Execution Post-Grant Data Acquisition Data Analysis/ Simulation Data Management Data Sharing Data Visualization Data Publishing Data Archival Data Disposal April 13, 2015 Science Storage Computation Analysis/ Bio/Health Visualization Campus Education/ Grant CyberDH 28
RT Services Services in support of cyber risk mitigation and IT-28 implementation Data Center and Cluster services to secure research data II-Basic and IUFS Scholarly Data Archive (SDA) Condominium computing Cluster as a service Penguin Computing April 13, 2015 Science Storage Computation Analysis/ Bio/Health Visualization Campus Education/ Grant CyberDH 29
The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) Data Storage Scholarly Data Archive (SDA) Research File System (RFS) Shared and project scratch space Data Capacitor II Research databases RT helps you be proactive and preventative Research Database Complex (RDC) Data Management REDCap Collaboration and document sharing Alfresco Share/BOX April 13, 2015 Science Storage Computation Analysis/ Bio/Health Visualization Campus Education/ Grant CyberDH 30
Benefits Including RT in grant proposals could enhance funding prospects A faster research workflow allows you to accomplish more and to think bigger You don t need local hardware or system administration resources RT solutions are built professionally and for production use Systems and services in research technologies provide high security for your data we ve done the hard work to align with HIPAA and to help mitigate cyber risks April 13, 2015 Science Storage Computation Analysis/ Bio/Health Visualization Campus Education/ Grant CyberDH 31
Costs Nearly all of the RT services described here (supercomputers, storage, visualization resources, training, short-term consulting) are provided free of charge to any IU researcher Projects that require significant RT resource commitment, for instance software development, system administration, etc., are provided at cost, which is usually low and/or are have RT written into grants to cover them Consulting up to a reasonable limit, especially in preliminary phases to help you attract funding, is free April 13, 2015 Science Storage Computation Analysis/ Bio/Health Visualization Campus Education/ Grant CyberDH 32
People - Summary by Position Function April 13, 2015 Science Storage Computation Analysis/ Bio/Health Visualization Campus Education/ Grant CyberDH 33
Positions by Funding Source April 13, 2015 Science Storage Computation Analysis/ Bio/Health Visualization Campus Education/ Grant CyberDH 34
even if you do not need us yet! Contact us It establishes a relationship We learn about you, what you are doing, and can anticipate what you might need in the future You learn about us and what we can do for you April 13, 2015 Science Storage Computation Analysis/ Bio/Health Visualization Campus Education/ Grant CyberDH 35
Contact Information Email: researchtech@iu.edu Contact: Robert Ping Education and Outreach Manager robping@iu.edu Sign up for CI Newsletter at http://go.iu.edu/tcb View all the research services on IU Mobile and at http://one.iu.edu April 13, 2015 Science Storage Computation Analysis/ Bio/Health Visualization Campus Education/ Grant CyberDH 36